This post from our Dhamma friend Tilt is the inspiration for a forum game.

tiltbillings wrote:You have a remarkable capacity to take things out of context

That strikes me as something that really ought to be in a fortune cookie. So I was thinking, why not have a place where we can share sayings that are (or ought to be) in fortune cookies?

And to make it interesting, maybe this could be a blend of fake fortune-cookie slogans (like the one above), and real ones. So offer one up, but don't say if you made it up or if you actually found it in a cookie. The next poster has to be the judge: "Made up" or "real." Then offer up another, to keep the challenge going.

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Here's one to get us going:

The mightiest oak in the forest is just a little nut that held its ground.

Rain soddens what is kept wrapped up,But never soddens what is open;Uncover, then, what is concealed,Lest it be soddened by the rain.

I prefer the fortune cookies with bad english grammar. I have one in my wallet that says: Your luck has been completely changes today. I've also seen one before that said Let a car cut in front of you today. However, I wasn't smart enough to save it!